Comments on: Fieldnotes: 1st July 2009 – A pattern emerges

By: Badger Watching Man

Badger Watching Man — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:38:32 +0000

Hi there and welcome, Badger Dave. Good to hear that you’re back watching badgers.

Yes, if there are cubs they should be above ground now. They should be at the boisterous stage too, which is when they get to be real fun to watch. Mind you, I haven’t seen any this year. I don’t know if this is because there aren’t any (which would be unusual) or because I’ve just been unlucky in my watching.

Hopefully you’ll have better luck!

All the best

BWM

By: Badger Dave

Badger Dave — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 10:43:15 +0000

Hi BadgerMan , i have recently started watching the badger again and have found a great sett local to my area in Essex , my father took my evenings into the woods many times as a boy and i have always cherrished the memories . I would like to know if i should be seeing any cubs above the ground yet ?

By: Josie

Josie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:34:47 +0000

Hi BadgerMan
Typical of badgers to show up just at the moment you have decided to call it a night!
About the badgers using different parts of their sett, Iam sure I have read somewhere that badgers move into different chambers of the sett as the ectoparasites such as ticks and fleas build up ( probably just a theory as it would be difficult to prove but it does make sense).
As you know badgers are very fastidious about their personal hygiene and love nothing more than a good scratch and mutal grooming sesssion!

Love the vids – keep them coming and try not to trip over those pesky muntjac deer!
Josie